IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 6^TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2026 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B M SHYAM PRASAD WRIT PETITION NO. 39407 OF 2025 (GM-POLICE)

BETWEEN:

MUTHOOT FINANCE LIMITED A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT 1956 HEAD OFFICE AT MUTHOOT CHAMBERS, OPP SARITHA THEATRE COMPLEX, BANERJEE ROAD, KOCHI 682018 HAVING ONE OF ITS BRANCH AT -

VALMIKE CIRCLE BRANCH, KALYANDURGA TOWN, ANANTHAPUR DIST. ANDHRA PRADESH.

REP BY ITS AUTHORIZED OFFICER/MANAGER Digitally AJUMON P GEORGE signed by VANAMALA N Location: …PETITIONER HIGH COURT OF (BY SRI. ANISH JOSE ANTONY, ADVOCATE)

KARNATAKA AND:

1. STATE OF KARNATAKA BY ITS SECRETARY, HOME DEPARTMENT, VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU- 560 001

2. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE/INVESTIGATION OFFICER MOLAKALKURU CIRCLE, CHITRADURGA DIST., KARNATAKA STATE …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. B. RAVINDRANATH, AGA)

THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND

227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DECLARE THAT THE INTERFERENCE BY THE RESPONDENTS IN PETITIONER BUSINESS FOR FORCEFULLY SEIZING THE GOLD ARTICLES PLEDGED BY IT COSTUMERS WITHOUT FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURES UNDER SECTION 107 OF BNSS, 2023 IS ARBITRARY AND IS IN VIOLATION OF FUNDAMENTAL